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    "id": 1284566,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1284566/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. May I begin by thanking all Members who have contributed to this Bill. We have Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale who seconded, Sen. Wambua, Sen. Cherarkey, Sen. Mwaruma, Sen. Faki, Sen. Seki, Sen. Lemaltian, Sen. Thangw’a, and Sen. Osotsi. I thank each one of them for supporting the Bill. This Bill as was summarized by Sen. Osotsi is progressive and will move us further. Several issues have been touched and we will strengthen them at Committee Stage. Kenya will be one of the first countries to have their sign language. As was mentioned by one of our colleagues, we have the American Sign Language and the British Sign Language. We called ours the Kenyan Sign Language because the others have been labelled and they have very slight differences in the signage. So, we wanted to have our own which might be an indigenous African sign language that will be enjoyed by other countries. Now that we are beyond the integration of the East African Community (EAC) and going for African Continental Integration, it is important that as we pass this Bill, we sell it to Members of Parliament (MPs) from other countries. This is not going to be new for Kenya’s MPs to do. We did that for the Climate Change Bill. We initiated it in the 10th Parliament and it started spreading like wildfire in the partner states of the African Union (AU). So, it is possible that we shall sell this and it will be a very nice product from Kenya. I am happy that most Members who have contributed, support that we should actually teach sign language as our third language so that we operationalise what is in the Constitution. Madam Temporary Speaker, if that is a third language, we know very well---"
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